Christiansen, Eric C.2019-02-152019-02-152019-02-1420 OR. REV. INT'L L. 11543-9860https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2436278 pagesThis Article seeks to understand and evaluate core elements of the past promise and present reality of Spain’s transformation from Francoist dictatorship to modern European democracy. It does this by investigating the role of the 1978 Constitution and the distinctive Spanish Model of relatively peaceful constitutional transformation in facilitating the key legal elements of Spain’s transition to democracy.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Constitutional lawInternational lawSpainForty Years from Fascism: Democratic Constitutionalism and the Spanish Model of National TransformationArticle